Nearctic States & Provinces: WA
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
ambushers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
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Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
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Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus cristatus Clerck 1757 |
| Xysticus cristatus Clerck 1757 |
| Aranea viatica Linnaeus 1758 |
| Xysticus cristatus Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea nasuta Martini & Goeze, in Lister 1778 |
| Aranea viatica Fabricius 1781 |
| Aranea fasciata Fourcroy 1785 |
| Aranea cristata Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea horticola Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea viatica Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea liturata Fabricius 1793 |
| Aranea subreptana Strack 1810 |
| Thomisus viaticus Hahn 1832 |
| Thomisus cristatus Sundevall 1833 |
| Thomisus cristatus Blackwall 1861 |
| Xysticus viaticus Prach 1866 |
| Xysticus cristatus Thorell 1872 |
| Xysticus cristatus Simon 1875 |
| Xysticus cristatus Menge 1876 |
| Thomisus cristatus obscura Lebert 1877 |
| Xysticus cristatus Becker 1882 |
| Xysticus cristatus Hansen 1882 |
| Xysticus cristatus Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Xysticus augur Strand 1900 |
| Xysticus sexangulatus Strand 1900 |
| Xysticus augur Strand 1901 |
| Xysticus sexangulatus Strand 1901 |
| Xysticus cristatus Bösenberg 1902 |
| Xysticus cristatus Charitonov 1926 |
| Xysticus viaticus Reimoser 1929 |
| Xysticus cristatus Simon 1932 |
| Xysticus cristatus Tambs-Lyche 1942 |
| Xysticus viaticus Tullgren 1944 |
| Xysticus cristatus Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Xysticus cristatus Braendegaard 1958 |
| Xysticus cristatus Azheganova 1968 |
| Xysticus cristatus Utochkin 1968 |
| Xysticus cristatus Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1969 |
| Xysticus cristatus Vilbaste 1969 |
| Xysticus cristatus Miller 1971 |
| Xysticus cristatus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Xysticus cristatus Braendegaard 1972 |
| Xysticus cristatus Punda 1975 |
| Xysticus cristatus Palmgren 1983 |
| Xysticus cristatus Hu 1984 |
| Xysticus cristatus Levy 1985 |
| Xysticus cristatus Roberts 1985 |
| Xysticus cristatus Zhang 1987 |
| Xysticus cristatus Izmailova 1989 |
| Xysticus cristatus Wu & Song 1989 |
| Xysticus cristatus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Xysticus cristatus Zhao 1993 |
| Xysticus cristatus Roberts 1995 |
| Xysticus cristatus Agnarsson 1996 |
| Xysticus cristatus Mcheidze 1997 |
| Xysticus cristatus Roberts 1998 |
| Xysticus cristatus Azarkina & Logunov 2001 |
| Xysticus cristatus Hu 2001 |
| Xysticus cristatus Jantscher 2001 |
| Xysticus cristatus Jantscher 2002 |
| Xysticus cristatus Lehtinen 2002 |
| Xysticus cristatus Namkung 2002 |
| Xysticus cristatus Namkung 2003 |
| Xysticus cristatus Ono & Martens 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
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†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THOMISIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835‡‡
X. acquiescens Emerton, 1919 ...............Holarctic
X. alboniger Turnbull, Dondale & Redner, 1965 ...............USA, Canada
X. ampullatus Turnbull, Dondale & Redner, 1965 ...............USA, Canada
X. apachecus Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA
X. apalacheus Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
X. aprilinus Bryant, 1930 ...............USA
X. auctificus Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
X. audax (Schrank, 1803) ...............Palearctic
X. banksi Bryant, 1933 ...............USA
X. benefactor Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
X. bicuspis Keyserling, 1887 ...............USA
X. bifasciatus C. L. Koch, 1837 ...............Palearctic
X. bonneti Denis, 1938 ...............Palearctic
X. britcheri Gertsch, 1934 ...............Russia, Alaska, Canada, USA
X. californicus Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA
X. canadensis Gertsch, 1934 ...............Russia, USA, Canada
X. chaparralis Schick, 1965 ...............USA
X. chippewa Gertsch, 1953 ...............Holarctic
X. cochise Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
X. coloradensis Bryant, 1930 ...............USA
X. concursus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA
X. cunctator Thorell, 1877 ...............USA, Canada
X. deichmanni Sorensen, 1898 ...............Canada, Alaska, Greenland
X. discursans Keyserling, 1880 ...............North America
X. durus (Sorensen, 1898) ...............USA, Canada, Greenland
X. elegans Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
X. ellipticus Turnbull, Dondale & Redner, 1965 ...............USA, Canada
X. emertoni Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Slovakia to China
X. facetus O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 ...............Mexico to El Salvador
X. ferox (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
X. ferrugineus Menge, 1876 ...............Palearctic
X. fervidus Gerstch, 1953 ...............USA, Canada
X. flavovittatus Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA
X. floridanus Banks, 1896 ...............USA
X. fraternus Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada
X. funestus Keyserling, 1880 ...............North America
X. furtivus Gertsch, 1936 ...............USA
X. gallicus Simon, 1875 ...............Palearctic
X. gertschi Schick, 1965 ...............North America
X. gosiutus Gertsch, 1932 ...............USA, Canada
X. gulosus Keyserling, 1880 ...............North America
X. humilis Redner & Dondale, 1965 ...............USA
X. imitarius Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
X. indiligens (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
X. iviei Schick, 1965 ...............USA
X. iviei sierrensis Schick, 1965 ...............USA
X. keyserlingi Bryant, 1930 ...............USA, Canada
X. labradorensis Keyserling, 1887 ...............Holarctic
X. lanio C. L. Koch, 1835 ...............Palearctic
X. lassanus Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA, Mexico
X. laticeps Bryant, 1933 ...............USA, Cuba
X. lineatus (Westring, 1851) ...............Palearctic
X. locuples Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
X. luctans (C. L. Koch, 1845) ...............USA, Canada
X. luctator L. Koch, 1870 ...............Palearctic
X. luctuosus (Blackwall, 1836) ...............Holarctic
X. lutzi Gertsch, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
X. montanensis Keyserling, 1887 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
X. nevadensis (Keyserling, 1880) ...............USA
X. nigromaculatus Keyserling, 1884 ...............USA, Canada
X. ninnii Thorell, 1872 ...............Palearctic
X. obscurus Collett, 1877 ...............Holarctic
X. ocala Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
X. ontariensis Emerton, 1919 ...............Canada
X. orizaba Banks, 1898 ...............Mexico
X. paiutus Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Mexico
X. pearcei Schick, 1965 ...............USA
X. pellax O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 ...............North America
X. peninsulanus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA
X. posti Sauer, 1968 ...............USA
X. pretiosus Gertsch, 1934 ...............USA, Canada
X. punctatus Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
X. robinsoni Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA, Mexico
X. rockefelleri Gertsch, 1953 ...............Mexico
X. rugosus Buckle & Redner, 1964 ...............Russia, Canada, USA
X. sabulosus (Hahn, 1832) ...............Palearctic
X. sphericus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA
X. striatipes L. Koch, 1870 ...............Palearctic
X. tampa Gertsch, 1953 ...............USA
X. texanus Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Mexico
X. triangulosus Emerton, 1894 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
X. triguttatus Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA, Canada
X. ulmi (Hahn, 1831) ...............Palearctic
X. variabilis Keyserling, 1880 ...............USA
X. viduus Kulczynski, 1898 ...............Palearctic
X. winnipegensis Turnbull, Dondale & Redner, 1965 ...............Canada
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution